Swiss govt assures Punjab of assistance in hydel projects LAHORE: Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi met Ambassador of Switzerland Georg Steiner at his office on... Published 01 Dec, 2022 07:19am
Opinion India asked by sanctions-hit Russia for parts for key sectors Moscow has sent India a list of more than 500 products for potential delivery including parts for cars, aircraft and... Published 30 Nov, 2022 06:36am
Business & Finance Need stressed to promote Pakistan-Vietnam bilateral trade KARACHI: Head of Vietnam Trade Mission, Nguyen Thi Diep Ha, while showing keen interest in promoting bilateral trade... Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am
World Ukraine, Russia trade blame over nuclear plant shelling MOSCOW: Kyiv and Moscow on Sunday traded accusations of shelling on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power... Published 21 Nov, 2022 07:20am
Pakistan Alvi calls for enhancing volume of trade with Serbia ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has underlined the need for substantially enhancing the volume of trade between... Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Business & Finance ‘Trade suffers from growing cost of shipping, port & logistics’ KARACHI: “Our trade and business is suffering due to immense demonstration of the growing cost of shipping, port,... Published 06 Nov, 2022 03:44am
Pakistan Torkham terminal to be ready next year: officials PESHAWAR: General Manager (GM) National Logistic Cell (NLC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Col Aziz Khattak (retd) and senior... Published 31 Oct, 2022 05:55am
Business & Finance LCCI for granting industry status to packaging & corrugated sector LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Monday demanded of the government to grand industry status... Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am
Pakistan 1Q trade deficit declines 21.42pc to $9.2bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 21.42 percent to $9.209 billion during the first quarter of... Updated 05 Oct, 2022 09:50am
World India, Saudi Arabia discuss starting rupee-riyal trade NEW DELHI: India and Saudi Arabia have discussed the possibility of starting a rupee-riyal trade as part of efforts... Updated 20 Sep, 2022 01:20am
World Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan trade blame over new border attacks BISHKEK: The Central Asian republics of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan traded new accusations Saturday over a ceasefire... Published 18 Sep, 2022 06:05am
Print SCO bloc agrees to expand trade in national currencies SAMARKAND: The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) agreed on Friday to take steps to increase the... Updated 17 Sep, 2022 10:00am
Print Again, Putin offers the carrot of cheap fuel, energy security Russian President Vladimir Putin says pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan were possible Updated 16 Sep, 2022 10:54am
Markets Month-on-month: food, oil imports post double-digit growth in August PBS data shows these two groups constituted close to half of total imports during the previous month Updated 15 Sep, 2022 04:49pm
Pakistan Relations with Pakistan: Blome calls for efforts to exploit untapped potential ISLAMABAD: The United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, on Wednesday emphasised the need for exploiting... Published 15 Sep, 2022 06:28am
Print Real estate projects: SECP allows Modaraba companies to deal or trade ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has allowed Modaraba companies to deal or trade... Updated 25 Aug, 2022 09:36am
World India to incentivize rupee-settled exports to boost Russia trade MUMBAI: India may give incentives to exporters settling trades using rupees to boost the acceptability of the... Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:38pm
Print PM in Qatar to generate trade, fetch investment Visit comes ahead of IMF board’s meeting Updated 24 Aug, 2022 10:12am
World China, Indonesia hail ‘win-win’ cooperation after rare Beijing summit BEIJING: The leaders of China and Indonesia pledged to scale up trade and expand cooperation in areas such as... Published 27 Jul, 2022 07:44am
Business & Finance Iranian CG says impediments to trade will be removed soon KARACHI: Consul General of Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Nourian has said that there are some challenges and... Published 21 Jun, 2022 05:51am
Markets Algeria to honour all its gas commitments with Spain ALGIERS: Algeria will honour all its gas commitments with Spain, a foreign affairs ministry statement said on ... Published 12 Jun, 2022 06:55am
Pakistan Conference in New York: Bilawal says will present country’s perspective on food security ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he would visit the United States next week to talk... Published 15 May, 2022 05:35am
Print No change in policy on trade with India: ministry ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministry has clarified that there is no change in Pakistan’s policy on trade with India.... Updated 12 May, 2022 09:52am
World German exports drop in March as Russia trade collapses FRANKFURT: German exports dived in March, the official statistics agency said Wednesday, as outgoing trade with... Published 04 May, 2022 12:51pm
Business & Finance EAC formation: FPCCI says leaderships of trade, industry not consulted KARACHI: President FPCCI, Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has expressed his shock over the formation of Economic Advisory Council... Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am
World EU's von der Leyen in India with Ukraine on agenda NEW DELHI: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will press India over its neutral stance on the ... Updated 24 Apr, 2022 09:35pm
Business & Finance Cannot bear burden of subsidy on petroleum prices, says Miftah ahead of IMF meeting Finance minister confident of programme revival, will travel to Washington later in the day Updated 20 Apr, 2022 08:27pm
Print MoU signed with China on economic, trade cooperation WG ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishment of Economic and Trade... Updated 13 Apr, 2022 10:26am
Business & Finance High policy rate to ruin trade, industry: SAI chief KARACHI: Pointing out that interest rates in Pakistan are the highest in the region, President of the Site... Published 10 Apr, 2022 05:49am
Print Alternative currency-based payment mechanism with Iran on the cards ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to initiate work on creating an alternative currency-based payment mechanism to enhance... Updated 02 Apr, 2022 10:25am